Arnold Woodford Izard
Born 30th September 1873
Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 October 2024 - Military record
- Died 11 Feb 1932 - Service number
- WWI 3/532 AWMM
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Major/Military AWMM
- War
About
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- Forenames
- Arnold Woodford AWMM
- Surname
- Izard AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 3/532 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
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About birth
- Birth
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- Date of birth
- 30th September 1873Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 October 2024 - Military record
- Place of birth
- WellingtonPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 October 2024 - Military record
- Birth notes
- son of Charles Beard & Mary Ann IZARD originally from Sussex, England - late from WellingtonPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 October 2024 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177900876/arnold-woodford-izard
- Address before enlistment
- WW1 Wellington Club, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
- DoctorPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 October 2024 - Military record
- Next of kin
- WW1 C.H. Izard (brother), Hill Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- WW1 C.H. Izard (brother), Hill Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 15 Aug 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
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- WWI 3/532 AWMM
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- 1914-1915 Star AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
- Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) (Military) AWMM
London Gazette 03/06/1919 AWMM
Training and Enlistment
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Surgeon/Civilian AWMM
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- South Africa Vessel was Tofua AWMM Civil Surgeon/Civilian AWMM Ship's Permanent Staff (Headquarters), New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
- WW1 HMNZT 1 or HMNZT 2 AWMM Captain/Military AWMM Middlesex Regiment, 4th Battalion AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM - WW1 13 Nov 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 35 or HMNZT 36 AWMM Vessel was Moeraki or Monowai AWMM Captain/Military AWMM New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM Samoan Advance Party AWMM
3rd Embarkation AWMM - WW1 04 Mar 1916-08 Apr 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 48 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Tofua AWMM New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM 8th Reinforcements AWMM
4th Embarkation AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- 27 Jun 1916 AWMM Wounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
Admitted to Brokenhurst with dysentery AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Major/Military AWMM
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Biographical information
- Served as a Civil Surgeon with the South African Field Force, 4th Middlesex Regiment Volunteer in the South African War.
Attended Christ's College 1888-1890; Trinity College, University of Cambridge and the University of London. Son of Charles Beard Izard, Wellington. Source: Stowers, Rough Riders, 2011, p.288.
Chief Medical Officer to the King of Tonga prior to First World War service. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 11 Feb 1932 Military Personnel File
- Date of death
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- Age at death
- 58yrsPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 October 2024 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177900876/arnold-woodford-izard
- Place of death
- WellingtonPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 October 2024 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177900876/arnold-woodford-izard
- Cause of death
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
- Karori Cemetery, WellingtonPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 October 2024 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177900876/arnold-woodford-izard
- Grave reference
- Soldiers 31QPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 October 2024 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177900876/arnold-woodford-izard
- Obituary
- DR. A. W. IZARD DEAD. MEMBER OF WAR PENSIONS BOARD. FORMER MAJOR IN N.Z.M.C. A medical man who was known by many hundreds of returned soldiers throughout the Dominion, Dr. Arnold W. Izard, died in Auckland yesterday of pneumonia, after a week's illness. He was medical member of the War Pensions Board, which was sitting in Auckland, when he became ill on February 3. Dr. Izard was born in Wellington in 1873, a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Izard. He was educated at Christ's College, Christchurch, and afterwards at Trinity College, Cambridge. From there he went to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. He held the degrees M.A., M.D. and B.C. (Cantab.), also M.B.C.S. and L.R.C.P. (London). After working as clinical assistant at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, he was appointed chief medical office]' at Tonga. He was a civil surgeon during the South African War, and held the rank of major in the New Zealand Medical Corps in the Great War. He was awarded the 0.8. E., and was also an honorary associate of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. He had published various medical papers. Dr. Izard was unmarried. The Hon. Charles Hay ward Izard, M.L.C., of Wellington, is a brother.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 October 2024 - Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 36, 12 February 1932, Page 3
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Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18052334
Further Reference - 'Dr. Arnold Izard', Free Lance, 31 March 1915. Papers Past.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZFL19150331.2.56.1
Further Reference - 'Late Dr. Izard', Evening Post, 13 February 1932. Papers Past.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19320213.2.105
Further Reference - 'Opening of the New Dispensary at Ena', Free Lance, 11 July 1914. Papers Past.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZFL19140711.2.34.1
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 359 - New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
26: 1 - New Zealand Free Lance
Volume XV, Issue 778, 31 March 1915, Page 24 - Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
- Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 5: Includes portrait - Pat Clarkson Medical Practitioner Research Project (January 2014 - March 2022). This project identified Medical Practioners who served in WWI.
- McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
- Carbery, A.R.D. (1924). The New Zealand Medical Service in the Great War, 1914-1918 : based on official documents. Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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